Faculty Profiles

Arshad A. Ahmed

Adjunct Professor Arshad A. Ahmed is a trusted partner and advisor to
private equity and venture capital firms and enterprises around the
world. In 2012, he co-founded Elixir Capital, a private equity fund
manager. Prior to launching Elixir Capital, he served as an
international corporate lawyer and business counselor. He has
substantial experience in private equity activities, mergers,
acquisitions, buyouts, divestitures, corporate governance and all manner
of business ventures, and has long been a proponent of financing
strategies based on equitable profit-and-risk sharing. He is also
recognized as a leading authority in and critic of Shari'ah-related
investment practices and contemporary Islamic banking and finance, and
he has taught and spoken widely on such matters including those
pertaining to the application of Shari'ah law in contemporary
transactions. In addition to Berkeley Law, he serves as faculty with the
International and Executive Legal Education program at the University of
California, and also serves as adjunct professor at the UC Hastings
College of the Law.